Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya’s Written Works

According to Mawlana Sayyid Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri, the written works of his maternal grandfather, Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya (may Allah illuminate his grave) amount to a hundred and three (103). From these, fourty-two (42) have been published, while sixty-one (61) remain unpublished.

A breakdown of subjects the eminent Shaykh wrote on is below:

·Tafsir (Qur’anic exegesis): Two (2) books

·Hadith: Sixty (60) books

·Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh (Islamic Law and its principles): Four (4) books

·Tarikh and Sirah (History and the life of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and give him peace): Twenty-two (22)

·Tajwid and Qira’ah (Qur’anic recitation and its rules): Two (2) books

Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya began compiling Tarikh Masha’ikh-e-Chisht (Lives Of Shaykhs Of The Chishti Order) in 1335 AH (1918 CE). However, due to his academic occupations he was unable to complete it. It was completed some fifty-seven years later by Mawlana Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri (under the dictation of Shaykh al-Hadith) and published in Rabi‘ al-Awwal, 1392 AH (April 1972 CE).

Note: For details on Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya’s unpublished works please refer to Mawlana Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri’s article in the aforementioned book (p. 395-410), or in his Fihrist Ta’lifat-e-Shaykh, published in three-volumes.